Shortwave for cars?
 

Get a Sony 7600 and a 2m mag mount. Use the 2m antenna and input it
to the 7600 external antenna jack. You can power the radio via
cigarette lighter and output audio into your FM radio or Tape player.
Full coverage, better receiver. The longer the 2m whip the better.




On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:55:05 -0800, Bill Baka
wrote:

Has anyone seen any shortwave radios in cars lately? I remember a few
from across the pond back in the 60's but it seems to have died out as a
fad. I would like to put one in one of my cars rather than a boom box
thing and be able to tune the world from wherever I find myself.
The other advantage is that I can drive to a spot with no power lines
for miles at night to listen relatively static free. I could (in theory)
take a long wire on a fishing pole (28-32AWG?) and put on a disposable
weight and toss it as far as possible into some high trees. Once it is
stuck firmly just back the car up until the whole spool is used up and
connect the car antenna to it.
Anybody tried it or anything like it?

Bill Baka

Shortwave for cars?
 

wrote:
WOWO, Fort Wayne.
www.wowo.com
cuhulin


Fort WHERE?

Shortwave for cars?
 

Fort Wayne,Indiana,U.S.A.that's where.
I lived a year in Martinsville,Indiana, U.S.A. in 1947.

What do you say about Martinsville,Indiana, U.S.A.?
All American Cities and Towns.
www.martinsville.in.gov
cuhulin

Shortwave for cars?
 

Jim wrote:
Get a Sony 7600 and a 2m mag mount. Use the 2m antenna and input it
to the 7600 external antenna jack. You can power the radio via
cigarette lighter and output audio into your FM radio or Tape player.
Full coverage, better receiver. The longer the 2m whip the better.

This is one of many that have been suggested. 2m itself is almost
non-existent around here so I am looking at D.C. to 30 MHz. An F.M.
detector on the under 30 MHz would be nice too.
So far I have seen Sony, Drake, and a slew of others so now it becomes
decision time. A unit that I could bring inside would be nice too.
I think this will be a cigarette lighter portable with a magnetic
antenna on top. That should be good for car DX'ing and even might be a
carry along on my bicycle in one of the rear racks. It would have to
bear the indignity of being wrapped in a plastic bag to seal out dirt
and then a towel to dampen vibration. I bicycle places that even a 4
wheel drive can't get to.
Sitting near a babbling brook and daytime DX'ing would not be a bad way
to spend the day.

Bill Baka

Shortwave for cars?
 

Bill Baka wrote:
Jim wrote:
Get a Sony 7600 and a 2m mag mount. Use the 2m antenna and input it
to the 7600 external antenna jack. You can power the radio via
cigarette lighter and output audio into your FM radio or Tape player.
Full coverage, better receiver. The longer the 2m whip the better.

This is one of many that have been suggested. 2m itself is almost
non-existent around here so I am looking at D.C. to 30 MHz. An F.M.
detector on the under 30 MHz would be nice too.
So far I have seen Sony, Drake, and a slew of others so now it becomes
decision time. A unit that I could bring inside would be nice too.
I think this will be a cigarette lighter portable with a magnetic
antenna on top. That should be good for car DX'ing and even might be a
carry along on my bicycle in one of the rear racks. It would have to
bear the indignity of being wrapped in a plastic bag to seal out dirt
and then a towel to dampen vibration. I bicycle places that even a 4
wheel drive can't get to.
Sitting near a babbling brook and daytime DX'ing would not be a bad way
to spend the day.

Bill Baka

Bill. Good choice. got one here, about 5 years. it goes in the
suite case, coat pocket, glove box, everywhere. been dropped a
number of times. just a few small hair-line cracks. works great.
only trouble i have had is a tight antenna. little wd-40 fixed
it right up. even tho i miss an old type tuning knob, i'm
well pleased with mine. i believe there may even be a yahoo
group for this model. seems like there is a yahoo group for
everything. enjoy.

Drifter...

Shortwave for cars?
 

Bill Baka wrote:
This is one of many that have been suggested. 2m itself is almost
non-existent around here so I am looking at D.C. to 30 MHz. An F.M.
detector on the under 30 MHz would be nice too.

Ok, why? There are several things that could be heard if you had HF FM, but
how many of them exist or can be heard in your area?

1. 10m FM (very rare)
2. CB FM (or freeband modifed CB's) illegal in most places, and
because of the poor efficency, probably not used in favor of SSB.
3. Station to station relay links (in the US). Are they still used?
4. 29mHz cordless phones. Do any still exist?


So far I have seen Sony, Drake, and a slew of others so now it becomes
decision time. A unit that I could bring inside would be nice too.
I think this will be a cigarette lighter portable with a magnetic
antenna on top. That should be good for car DX'ing and even might be a
carry along on my bicycle in one of the rear racks. It would have to
bear the indignity of being wrapped in a plastic bag to seal out dirt
and then a towel to dampen vibration. I bicycle places that even a 4
wheel drive can't get to.
Sitting near a babbling brook and daytime DX'ing would not be a bad way
to spend the day.

A Sony ICF-2010 or SW-77 would be a good compromise. Good performance,
sync detector, SSB/CW detection, and if you end up on a flight path, VHF
air coverage.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

Shortwave for cars?
 

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
...
4. 29mHz cordless phones. Do any still exist?


I don't remember any cordless at 29 MHz. As I recall, the first cordless
were 1.8/49 MHz (you could buy antenna kits with a long wire for base
transmit. We could get around a 4-5 block range with those). Second
generation went to 46/49 MHz, and could be heard on many cheap baby
monitors.

Shortwave for cars?
 

Jim, at nospam dot com said what I was going to say from the very
start.But, howsomever, it wasen't meself whom threw this thread off
topic,,, or was it?
cuhulin

Shortwave for cars?
 

Brenda Ann wrote:

I don't remember any cordless at 29 MHz. As I recall, the first cordless
were 1.8/49 MHz (you could buy antenna kits with a long wire for base
transmit. We could get around a 4-5 block range with those). Second
generation went to 46/49 MHz, and could be heard on many cheap baby
monitors.

They did exist. I remember finding one on my Kenwood R-5000. They were
in that small spread between 29.7 mHz (the end of the 10m ham band) and 30mHz.

I found it listening for 10m FM activity.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

Shortwave for cars?
 

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Bill Baka wrote:
This is one of many that have been suggested. 2m itself is almost
non-existent around here so I am looking at D.C. to 30 MHz. An F.M.
detector on the under 30 MHz would be nice too.

Ok, why? There are several things that could be heard if you had HF FM, but
how many of them exist or can be heard in your area?

1. 10m FM (very rare)
Agreed.
2. CB FM (or freeband modifed CB's) illegal in most places, and
because of the poor efficency, probably not used in favor of SSB.
They were selling them here, illegally of course, but I know/knew the
guy who was selling them.
3. Station to station relay links (in the US). Are they still used?
At 144 MHz maybe. We do have repeaters here on the mountaintops.
4. 29mHz cordless phones. Do any still exist?
Doubtful.


So far I have seen Sony, Drake, and a slew of others so now it becomes
decision time. A unit that I could bring inside would be nice too.
I think this will be a cigarette lighter portable with a magnetic
antenna on top. That should be good for car DX'ing and even might be a
carry along on my bicycle in one of the rear racks. It would have to
bear the indignity of being wrapped in a plastic bag to seal out dirt
and then a towel to dampen vibration. I bicycle places that even a 4
wheel drive can't get to.
Sitting near a babbling brook and daytime DX'ing would not be a bad way
to spend the day.

A Sony ICF-2010 or SW-77 would be a good compromise. Good performance,
sync detector, SSB/CW detection, and if you end up on a flight path, VHF
air coverage.

Geoff.

I'm actually under the landing path for Sacramento International so I
pick up a lot of jumbo jet chatter going over my head on my old 1974
RDF. Sometimes I get the tower. This is all going to a big pile of files
in a directory (not folder) of it's own.
Thanks,

Bill Baka